Elaeodendron orientale, known locally as bois d'olive, is a tall canopy tree endemic to the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of False olive being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pimenta dioica
- Ocotea guianensis
- Labatia gardneriana
- Mida salicifolia
- Samadera bidwillii
- Faurea macnaughtonii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Elaeodendron
- Species
- Elaeodendron orientale
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